presidential trivia--the accidentals

john tyler was the first vice president to assume office because a sitting president died. he was also the first president to become a widower in office. during a weapons demonstration his secretary of state and secretary of the navy were killed. there was a woman there who tyler was attracted to and her father was killed as well. four months later he became the first president to remarry in office. he was also the first president to undergo impeachment proceedings.

millard filmore lived alone in the white house, his wife refused to live in washington.

andrew johnson couldn't hold his liquor and was often drunk while president. he got drunk at lincoln's second inaugural and kept shouting at lincoln's cabinet "I am a plebian". he never went to school for one day in his life. he was a white supremicist and was eventually impeached for high crimes and misdeaneanors and escaped being removed from office by one vote. he later became the only president to serve in the senate after leaving office.

chester arthur, another vice president who came to office when a president died might have deserved it more than others. he often bragged that he fixed the election by having the ballot boxes stuffed on election day. he came to office when president garfield was shot. the assassin claimed that arthur hired him so he could be president. these allegations were never proved and were considered not to be true after investigated. garfield lingered for 80 days after being shot before he passed away. arthur surprised people by being an effective president but he suffered from bright's disease which led to lethargy and depression towards the end of his time in office. bright's disease is no longer an accepted medical diagnosis because it lumped too many kidney ailments together. it's not known exactly what arthur suffered from but those diagnosed with bright's disease knew that they were getting a death sentence.

harry truman worked on the family farm until he was thirty.